Description
First edition, mixed state of Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, finely bound by Bayntun.
Octavo, xvi, 624pp, [1]. Full green morocco, portrait and signature stamped in gilt to covers. Five gilt-embellished raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Ornate gilt trim, turn-ins, and gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Bayntun in Bath, England. Solid text block with a few spots of toning throughout. Lacking half-title.
Includes many first state points as named in Smith, notably “latter” for “letter” on page 160. Lacking the “s” on “yesterday” on page 198 and the “Chapman and Hall” imprint on frontis and first four plates. Complete with frontis and 39 full-page plates.
(Smith I, 5) (Gimbel A41) A striking example.
